1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:09,850 ‫Will now move on to some muddled writing for task to plans, so we're going to take a look at some more 2 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:13,480 ‫examples of testy questions and plans. 3 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:23,800 ‫And you're going to better understand how to write your own plan and see why it has to plan is so important. 4 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,710 ‫Okay, let's jump right into our first AIDS test to question. 5 00:00:30,190 --> 00:00:37,780 ‫And I think it's important for me to say that these are taken from past AIDS tests. 6 00:00:37,930 --> 00:00:44,860 ‫So they are very much the type of questions that you might need to answer on the day of your test. 7 00:00:45,370 --> 00:00:47,370 ‫OK, let's read through this question. 8 00:00:48,010 --> 00:00:53,700 ‫Many people are finding it increasingly important to wear fashionable clothes. 9 00:00:54,010 --> 00:01:00,030 ‫Is this attitude to wearing clothes a positive or negative development? 10 00:01:00,490 --> 00:01:10,990 ‫As with any task to question, before we start writing our plan, we should identify what type of question 11 00:01:10,990 --> 00:01:14,370 ‫this is and is it asking for an opinion. 12 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:18,880 ‫So on the left, I have the five question types. 13 00:01:19,750 --> 00:01:21,640 ‫Let's return to the question. 14 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:27,390 ‫So many people are finding it more important to wear fashionable clothes. 15 00:01:27,970 --> 00:01:31,930 ‫Is this attitude a positive or negative thing? 16 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,540 ‫Do you agree or disagree? 17 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:42,350 ‫So this question is in fact using different language and agree and disagree type question. 18 00:01:42,670 --> 00:01:49,360 ‫So now that I've identified the question type, I can begin to write my plan. 19 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:56,410 ‫You remember from the master structure, the force that structure for each question type, the first 20 00:01:56,410 --> 00:02:03,490 ‫supporting paragraph should be for I agree or the positives and the second supporting paragraph should 21 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:06,340 ‫be for disagree or the negatives. 22 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,640 ‫Of course, the conclusion comes after. 23 00:02:11,170 --> 00:02:15,400 ‫OK, so I think it's time for me to start writing my plan. 24 00:02:16,350 --> 00:02:24,940 ‫I'm going to begin with the positives and I'll write a few ideas down here so that when I come to begin 25 00:02:24,940 --> 00:02:30,150 ‫writing, I'm not going to be troubled by not having enough ideas. 26 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:35,490 ‫So the positives of people wanting to wear fashionable clothes? 27 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:44,010 ‫Well, I think the first thing that I would discuss is maybe that it's not harming anybody specifically. 28 00:02:44,710 --> 00:02:49,510 ‫So if people want to wear fashionable clothes, they should feel free to do that. 29 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:59,650 ‫And how about we also say people will be dressed smarter, which could be considered a nice thing. 30 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,690 ‫I'll just change the font here slightly to fit everything in. 31 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,300 ‫OK, is there any other positives? 32 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:18,670 ‫I could say also, fashion is an important part of the economy, so it's a job for some people. 33 00:03:18,670 --> 00:03:21,930 ‫It makes some people money and therefore they have jobs in it. 34 00:03:21,940 --> 00:03:27,460 ‫So if people want to wear fashionable clothes, they're actually supporting people's jobs. 35 00:03:27,850 --> 00:03:33,220 ‫And now we'll move on to discuss the negatives of people wanting to wear fashionable clothes. 36 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:43,150 ‫I guess one of the main things that comes to my mind is that people will feel more stressed and worried 37 00:03:43,150 --> 00:03:52,800 ‫that are they looking as fashionable as they can so people may become stressed, unhappy. 38 00:03:52,810 --> 00:03:57,630 ‫So that could be the first thing that I discuss in my second supporting paragraph. 39 00:03:58,090 --> 00:04:06,430 ‫And is there any other negatives for people needing to wear fashionable clothes, wear the clothes, 40 00:04:06,430 --> 00:04:10,510 ‫made sweat shops? 41 00:04:10,510 --> 00:04:12,610 ‫We could say so. 42 00:04:12,610 --> 00:04:17,690 ‫Is it other clothes made in places where people are paid fairly? 43 00:04:18,130 --> 00:04:21,010 ‫We have this this phrase. 44 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:28,240 ‫There's now an old phrase at a sweat shop, which is a word that is used to describe a place often in 45 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:36,580 ‫poorer countries where people work in poor working conditions to create fashion and clothes for high 46 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:38,920 ‫street shops back in the west. 47 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,740 ‫So that's something that I can discuss. 48 00:04:41,770 --> 00:04:45,550 ‫Is it ethical whether clothes are being made? 49 00:04:46,070 --> 00:04:47,590 ‫OK, let's read this back. 50 00:04:47,770 --> 00:04:50,320 ‫Paragraph one, not harming anybody. 51 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:53,590 ‫People will be dress smarter, which might be nice. 52 00:04:53,830 --> 00:04:57,760 ‫Also, fashion is an important part of the economy. 53 00:04:57,910 --> 00:05:01,480 ‫It provides jobs and works for plenty of people. 54 00:05:02,410 --> 00:05:09,520 ‫Supporting paragraph two people may become stressed or unhappy, trying to keep up with fashion. 55 00:05:10,090 --> 00:05:13,610 ‫And also, where are the clothes made sweatshops? 56 00:05:13,630 --> 00:05:20,850 ‫Is it ethical children or other such people making these clothes? 57 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,120 ‫So that's definitely something that I can discuss for the negatives. 58 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:35,410 ‫And I'm also being asked to give my opinion, of course, because this is agree and disagree type question. 59 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:47,530 ‫So my opinion for the conclusion would be people should be free to wear any type of ethical clothing. 60 00:05:47,530 --> 00:05:51,770 ‫So if it's made in the proper way, why not? 61 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,430 ‫OK, so that's my complete plan here for this question. 62 00:05:56,950 --> 00:06:03,490 ‫Realistically, if you're in a test, it might take you a few minutes to do this and it will really 63 00:06:03,490 --> 00:06:05,760 ‫prepare you to begin writing. 64 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:10,150 ‫So let's take a look at the next example question. 65 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:18,140 ‫Music is taught in almost every primary school in the UK. 66 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:24,900 ‫What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of teaching children in music? 67 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:29,160 ‫Well, this isn't really difficult to work out. 68 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:36,000 ‫What question type this task to question is, as it says, advantages and disadvantages. 69 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,730 ‫And that's exactly right. 70 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:42,560 ‫This question is an advantages and disadvantages question. 71 00:06:43,050 --> 00:06:50,100 ‫You should note that you are not asked to give your opinion, so you don't need to include this in your 72 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:51,090 ‫conclusion. 73 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:52,440 ‫Okay. 74 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,630 ‫I think I'm ready to begin writing my plan. 75 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,650 ‫So in my supporting paragraph one, I will discuss the advantages. 76 00:07:02,140 --> 00:07:13,380 ‫I think some points here could be helps children to express themselves, helps children to express themselves. 77 00:07:13,380 --> 00:07:23,730 ‫And another point could be it helps children, which is what children learn to take risks, for example. 78 00:07:23,730 --> 00:07:27,000 ‫And it's always good to give examples in test, too. 79 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:35,520 ‫If children are singing, they may be embarrassed at first and by singing, they learn how to take risks. 80 00:07:36,030 --> 00:07:39,520 ‫OK, that's just a couple of points for the advantages. 81 00:07:39,540 --> 00:07:42,810 ‫Now let's take a look at some of the disadvantages. 82 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:52,500 ‫And the first thing that comes to mind is often music has less paid employment. 83 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:59,010 ‫So if children are learning it, will they be able to get jobs in that kind of field? 84 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:11,690 ‫Another kind of argument may be that reading and writing more important, I might sort of discuss whether 85 00:08:11,690 --> 00:08:16,090 ‫I believe that literacy and reading and writing are more important. 86 00:08:16,370 --> 00:08:26,840 ‫And I think of one more point here, which could be, let's think not all children like music. 87 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,390 ‫So there's plenty of children that don't actually like music. 88 00:08:29,390 --> 00:08:32,000 ‫Do we have to teach it to them? 89 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,960 ‫Of course, I don't need to include my opinion in the plan because I haven't been asked to give that. 90 00:08:39,170 --> 00:08:40,760 ‫Let's have a read through my plan. 91 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:50,240 ‫So paragraph one helps children to express themselves, be creative children, learn to take risks and 92 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,880 ‫supporting paragraph two, the disadvantages. 93 00:08:53,150 --> 00:08:56,240 ‫Often music has less paid employment. 94 00:08:56,420 --> 00:09:01,760 ‫Should we be teaching subjects to children where there might not be any jobs in it? 95 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:04,100 ‫Reading and writing. 96 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:11,180 ‫More important, I could argue that literacy and communicating in a language is more important. 97 00:09:11,690 --> 00:09:15,890 ‫And lastly, for my disadvantages, not all children like music. 98 00:09:15,890 --> 00:09:17,600 ‫Not all people like music. 99 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:24,170 ‫Should we be teaching it to them in a compulsory way where they must learn it? 100 00:09:24,690 --> 00:09:31,790 ‫OK, so once again, this plan has helped me to really understand this question. 101 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:40,190 ‫So I know exactly what the question is, asking me what type of question it is, and I'm able to plan 102 00:09:40,190 --> 00:09:47,110 ‫the details in my supporting paragraphs, which will help me structure and answer the question. 103 00:09:47,780 --> 00:09:51,470 ‫So I hope you can see that plans are very important. 104 00:09:51,470 --> 00:09:59,240 ‫And I think that you should use a plan, write a plan when you take your child's writing test. 105 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:04,520 ‫I hope that you found this useful and I will see you in the next lesson.